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Round 3 of D1GP was held at Suzuka Circuit and Tsuyoshi Tezuka pulled off a win drifting his R32 Nissan Skyline. Next D1 Grand Prix event is June 28-29 in Mimasaka, Okayama Prefecture, Okayama International Circuit City.

D1GP Japan Round 3 Top Ten:

1. Tsuyoshi Tezuka - Goodyear BNR32 Nissan Skyline
2. Atsushi Kuroi - Toyo S13 Nissan Silvia
3. Toshiki Yoshioka - AE86 Toyota Corolla
4. Daigo Saito - Fnatz JZX100 Toyota Chaser
5. Yoichi Imamura - Boss S15 Nissan Silvia
6. Ken Nomura - Blitz ER34 Nissan Skyline
7. Takahiro Ueno - Team T & E, SUI: Vax JZZ30 Toyota Soarer
8. Nobushige Kumakubo - CT9A Mitsubishi Lancer EVO
9. Akira Utsumi Toshino - S13 Nissan Silvia
10. Kazuhiro Tanaka - Team Orange GDB Subaru Impreza

D1GP Japan Overall Points Rankings:

Tsuyoshi Tezuka - BNR32 Nissan Skyline (52 points)
Ken Nomura - ER34 Nissan Skyline (45 points)
(Tied for 3) Daigo Saito - Toyota Chaser (42 points)
(Tied for 3) Toshiki Yoshioka - AE86 Toyota
(Tied for 5) Masao Suenaga - Mazda RX-7 (38 points)
(Tied for 5) Atsushi Kuroi - S13 Nissan Silvia
Takahiro Ueno - Toyota Soarer (32 points)
Masato Kawabata - Nissan 180SX (28 points)
Yoichi Imamura - S15 Nissan Silvia (27 points)
(Tied for 10) Yoshinori Koguchi - Nissan 180SX (25 points)
(Tied for 10) Kazuhiro Tanaka - GDB Subaru Impreza

Rhys Millen took first place at Formula Drift Road Atlanta drifting the Red Bull sponsored Pontiac Solstice GXP. Next Formula Drift event is June 14 at Englishtown Raceway, NJ.

2008 Formula Drift Round 2 Results:

1. Rhys Millen - Pontiac Solstice GXP
2. Michihiro Takatori - R34 Nissan Skyline
3. Ryan Tuerck - Pontiac Solstice

Overall Point Standings:

(Tied for 1) Chris Forsberg - Nissan 350Z (162 points)
(Tied for 1) Sam Hubinette - Dodge Viper (162 points)
Tanner Foust - Nissan 350Z (152 points)
Michihiro Takatori - R34 Nissan Skyline (148 points)
Ryan Tuerck - Pontiac Solstice (143 points)
Daijiro Yoshihara - Pontiac GTO (140 points)
Vaughn Gittin Jr. - Ford Mustang (126 points)
Darren McNamara - Saturn Sky - (117 points)
(Tied for 9) Grunewald - Chevrolet Corvette (110 points)
(Tied for 9) Kenji Yamanaka - Nissan S14 Silvia (110 points)
Rhys Millen - Pontiac Solstice GXP (103 points)

Round 2 of D1GP was held at Fuji Speedway and Yoshinori Koguchi of Koguchi Power took first place. Next D1 Grand Prix event is May 24-25 at Suzuka Circuit, Japan.

D1GP Japan Round 2 Top Ten:

1. Yoshinori Koguchi - Koguchi Power Nissan 180SX
2. Daigo Saito - Fnatz JZX100 Toyota Chaser
3. Tsuyoshi Tezuka - BNR32 Nissan Skyline
4. Masao Suenaga - RE Amemiya, Trust, Toyo FD3S Mazda RX-7
5. Toshiki Yoshioka - Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno
6. Atsushi Kuroi - Toyo S13 Nissan Silvia
7. Tsutomu Hata - HPI S15 Nissan Silvia
8. Ken Nomura - Blitz, Dunlop ER34 Nissan Skyline
9. Akira Makoto Taniguti (Nobuteru Taniguchi) - HKS Toyota Altezza
10. Takahiro Ueno - JZZ30 Toyota Soarer

D1GP Japan Overall Points Rankings:

Masao Suenaga - FD3S Mazda RX-7 (34 points)
Ken Nomura - ER34 Nissan Skyline (32 points)
(Tied for 3) Masato Kawabata - S15 Nissan Silvia (26 points)
(Tied for 3) Tsuyoshi Tezuka - BNR32 Nissan Skyline (26 points)
(Tied for 5) Yoshinori Koguchi - Nissan 180SX (25 points)
(Tied for 5) Daigo Saito - JZX100 Toyota Chaser (25 points)
Takahiro Ueno - JZZ30 Toyota Soarer (21 points)
Toshiki Yoshioka - AE86 Toyota Corolla Trueno (20 points)
Kazuhiro Tanaka - GDB Subaru Impreza (18 points)
(Tied for 10) Yoichi Imamura - S15 Nissan Silvia (14 points)
(Tied for 10) Kazuyoshi Okamura - S15 Nissan Silvia (14 points)

Formula Drift held its first event ever in Singapore at the Changi Exhibition Centre in front of a sold out crowd April 27, 2008.  11,000 drifting fans attended the inaugural Formula D event to watch 38 drifters from around the world compete.  In the end, Japanese drifter Ryuji Miki and his A’PEXi sponsored Mazda RX-7 took the win.

The event was organized in part by tire distributor Binter & Co’s motorsports division Binter Drifter.  A partnership between Formula Drift Holdings LLC and Binter & Co has formed to host additional Formula Drift Singapore events.

“This was truly a success for the first-ever Formula Drift Singapore and it certainly won’t be the last!” - Marcus Lim, General Manager of Binter & Co.